Originally Posted by
graraps
My understanding is in agreement with what wikipedia thinks. The reasoning is that it's the Italian name of "diluted" coffee for those unable to drink the real stuff (i.e. Americans).
However, any real coffee enthusiast wouldn't care much about either variety so I guess it's not exactly a hot topic

Now I have a better understanding. Thanks for clearing this up and thanks for letting me be off topic in this thread for one post. Let's get back now to what this thread was all about.